कपोलतलसँल्लीनपाणिः पद्मासनस्थितः । चिन्तापरवशस्तूष्णीमव्यापारो बभूव ह ॥ ६ ॥
kapōlatalasam̐llīnapāṇiḥ padmāsanasthitaḥ | cintāparavaśastūṣṇīmavyāpārō babhūva ha || 6 ||
Translation
Sitting in the lotus posture with his cheek resting in his hand, he became silent and still, in the grip of his thoughts.
Word by word
- kapōla
- his cheek
- tala
- resting
- sam̐llīna
- held in
- pāṇiḥ
- his hand
- padmāsana
- in the lotus posture
- sthitaḥ
- sitting
- cintā
- of his thoughts
- paravaśas
- (paravaśaḥ) in the grip
- tūṣṇīm
- silent
- avyāpārō
- (avyāpāraḥ) still
- babhūva
- he became
- ha
- indeed
Meaning
The picture of someone lost in thought. He is not meditating; he is brooding, and does nothing else.